By Sonia Singh It’s been a whirlwind spring of precedent-setting wins for North America’s migrant workers, who are making connections across borders. After three months of strikes and protests, 30,000 berry pickers in Baja California, Mexico, won raises of up to $4 a day and rights to social security benefits and overtime pay. These workers, Continue readingHow Migrant Farmworkers Are Cross-Pollinating Strategies and Winning
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R&F.ca has launched its Spring fundraising drive. Our goal is to raise $6,660 by May 1, 2015. Click here to find out how you can donate. Uprooting migrants is bad for workers and economy By Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, Originally published at CNW Migrant workers and advocates across Canada have formed a joint campaign to Continue readingPRESS RELEASE: Actions across Canada urge permanent status for migrant workers
By the Coalition Against Precarious Work An official request was made on September 25th, 2014 by the members of the Coalition Against Precarious Work to have a meeting with Quebec’s Minister of Labour, Sam Hamad, which was scheduled for February 23rd, 2015. The meeting never happened, so we held a protest instead. Initially, we asked Continue readingMinister dodges meeting with the Coalition Against Precarious Work
Join Migrante Alberta in a conference on global migration on March 20 and 21 Amidst the US$372 billion-worth of remittance in 2011, migrants, refugees and displaced peoples continue to languish in horrible conditions. Racism, discrimination and social exclusion of migrants have not been squarely addressed but rather reinforced and embedded. Most receiving governments are even Continue readingMigration and the Global Trade of People
Starting February 28th, migrants and supporters across the country are escalating the Cross – Canada Campaign Against the 4 Year Limit on Migrant Workers! campaign to call on the Federal Government to reverse the four and four rule. When this rule comes into effect on April 1st, 2015, all low-waged migrant workers employed under the Temporary Continue readingJoin the Campaign Against the 4 Year Limit on Migrant Workers!
Supreme Court on right to strike | Quebec municipal pensions | Ontario CCAC strike | Saskatoon transit | Port Metro Vancouver truckers | Paramedics’ mental health | West Van nursing home layoffs | IKEA Richmond | Federal workplace childcare | Tim Hortons A Constitutional Right to Strike Comes to Canada Professor David Doorey, Law of Continue readingR&F’s Labour News Update – February 2, 2015
An interview with Wally Ewanicke, Unifor National Representative and organizer A confidential hotline has been created to help temporary foreign workers get answers about their rights, both under the federal program and at work. “Temporary foreign workers have rights just like Canadian workers, and we intend to ensure that they are enforced across the country,” said Continue readingTemporary foreign worker rights hotline launched
Two temporary foreign workers who exposed employer abuses of the TFW Program are now facing deportation. With the help of USW Local 9346, the workers at a Fernie, B.C., Tim Horton’s launched an RCMP and Employment Standards Branch investigation into their former employer, Pierre Pelletier, back in 2013. The franchise owner was accused by employees of wage Continue readingUSW Local 9346: Solidarity with TFWs in British Columbia
Part 2 of How the WSIB is Failing the Injured Workers of Ontario By Samantha Ponting On Dec. 3, a group of injured workers and their allies gathered in front of the Ontario Ministry of Labour on University Avenue in Toronto to demand action on medical coverage for injured workers. The workers handed out band Continue readingThe WSIB’s Austerity Agenda: Deporting Injured Migrant Workers
Thursday, November 13th 7:00 pm Cathedral Neighbourhood Centre, 2900 13th Ave., Regina Featuring Marco Luciano, Director of Migrante Alberta and a long time labour activist and organizer; Larry Hubich, President of the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour and a long time trade unionist and activist; and Daniel Parrott, with the Ministry of Labour Relations whose Master’s thesis examined the role and Continue readingTemporary Foreign Workers, Immigration and Migrant Justice in Saskatchewan – a Public Forum
Unpaid work | PIPSC convention | Canadian Hockey League | Ontario colleges | Campbellton, NB lockout | BC public sector bargaining | Saskatchewan privatization | Temporary Foreign Workers Program | Federal sick leave | Marikana massacre | San Francisco minimum wage Encouraging youth to engage in unpaid work is a recipe for exploitation Jerry Dias, Continue readingRankandfile.ca Labour News Update: November 10, 2014
Nova Scotia’s Bill 1 | US Steel | Montreal firefighters | Saskatoon transit lockout | EI Reform | Migrant farm workers | Lac-Mégantic & rail safety | Edmonton senior care workers | Mount Pearl lockout | Guelph glass strike | UWindsor tentative agreement | Hong Kong strikes for democracy Nova Scotia’s Bill 1 Nova Scotia Continue readingRankandFile.ca Labour News Update: October 6, 2014